"And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."
-The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosscini

"But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where You find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives."
- Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami

"No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not."
- Normal People, by Sally Rooney

<So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reaso ns And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levin said it right. He " said, "Love is the only rational act
- Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom

" When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, 3 everything around us becomes better too.
- The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

"I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.
- Normal People, by Sally Rooney